Allied Warships

USS Mertz (DD 691)

Destroyer of the Fletcher class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 691
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Ordered	15 Jul 1942
Laid down	10 May 1943
Launched	11 Sep 1943
Commissioned	19 Nov 1943
End service	23 Apr 1946
History	Decommissioned 23 April 1946. Stricken 1 October 1970. Sold 16 December 1971 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Mertz (DD 691)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. William Sears Estabrook, Jr., USN	19 Nov 1943	27 Jan 1945
2	T/Cdr. William Squire Maddox, USN	27 Jan 1945	23 Apr 1946

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Notable events involving Mertz include:

28 May 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Heerman (Cdr. A.T. Hathaway, USN), with fuel.

29 May 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off two of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Trathen (Cdr. J.R. Millett, USN), with fuel.

13 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off five of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS Cushing (Lt.Cdr. W.D. Adams, USN), USS Uhlmann (Cdr. S.C. Small, USN), USS Wedderburn (Lt.Cdr. R.W. Clark, USN), USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN) and USS Smalley (Lt.Cdr. H.A. Cassidy, Jr., USN), with fuel.

19 Jul 1945
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. Holloway, Jr., USN) topped off four of the destroyers of the Task Group, USS McDermut (Cdr. C.B. Jennings, USN), USS Remey (Lt.Cdr. J.B. Balch, USN), USS Melvin (Cdr. B.K. Atkins, USN) and USS Mertz (Cdr. W.S. Maddox, USN), with fuel.